Nuevo Santander

New Santander
Nuevo Santander
Spanish colony
1746–1821
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Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1819.
Capital		Santander Jiménez
Languages		Spanish
Religion		Roman Catholicism
Government		Monarchy
King of Spain
•	July 9, 1746 – August 10, 1759	Ferdinand VI
•	December 11, 1813 – September 29, 1833	Ferdinand VII
Royal Governor
•	May 31, 1748 - April 8, 1767	José de Escandón
•	July 7, 1821 - September 22, 1822	Felipe de la Garza Cisneros
Historical era		Colonial era
•	Established	1746
•	Disestablished	1821
Population
•	1790 est.	43,739
Currency		Spanish colonial real
Succeeded by First Mexican Empire
Today part of		Mexico  United States

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 United States

Nuevo Santander (New Santander) was a region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, corresponding generally to the modern Mexican state of Tamaulipas and southern Texas. Nuevo Santander was named after Santander, Cantabria, Spain, and settled by Spanish American colonists in a concerted settlement campaign peaking in 1748–1750. It fell under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Guadalajara in judicial matters, and in 1776 Nuevo Santander became part of the semi-autonomous Provincias Internas.

Jose De Escandon founded the colony in 1747. In 1755 Laredo was founded which became the major town and capital of the colony. The people in Nuevo Santander were the first to call themselves Tejanos. In 1762 it joined Texas.